Here are some vintage polyester items for sale on eBay right now.  I didn't limit these to clothes from the 1970s because I didn't want to filter out too much.  I hope you find something you like!

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Mens Lee Vintage Western Longsleeve Polyester Shirt sS    US $.89

Womens M KORET Polyester Knit Shrimp Overshirt w Belt    US $5.99

ViNTAGE Dress 1970s Red White Blue Patriotic Polyester    US $24.99

Vintage Towncraft Mens Navy Brn Polyester Sport Coat    US $5.99

NWOT 100 Polyester Scarf Blue Polka Dot 30 Square    US $.99

2 vintage 70’s wide picture polyester neck tie lot    US $4.50

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Vintage clothing can be found without much problem on eBay, but you have to keep your eyes open for the particular item you want.  Doing searches once or twice a week on a very specific phrase is a pretty good way to spot what you want.  Part of why some of the prices for 70's t shirts can get so high is the whole scarcity issue.  You never know what will show up or how often it will come back around.

For people looking for a specific, popular shirt, there are also a lot of 70's reproduction shirts being made today.  These are great if you just want the look and don't necessarily care about the age of the shirt.  This is actually something that fans of authentic vintage have to keep a close eye on because some sellers might try to pass one off as an original or just not know any better and think that they actually are in possession of an authentic piece of 70's clothing.  If you are going to be doing much buying and you really like vintage clothes, it is a good idea to learn a little bit about what brands were commonly used back in the 70's.  You wouldn't want to pay a vintage price for a reproduction you could have had for less than ten bucks.

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Vintage 70s SEXY SMOKING WOMAN San Francisco T SHIRT M    US $50.00

T Shirt Afro vintage retro 70s DJ Mix Light Orange L    US $10.82

95 VINTAGE ORIGINAL 1970S IRON ON T SHIRT TRANSFERS    US $79.62

vintage 70s ORIOLES MAGIC iron on t shirt    US $7.00

COOL 70S VINTAGE HONDA CB IRON ON T SHIRT SIZE XL    US $7.00

VINTAGE 70s HONDA CLEVELAND L S t shirt dirt track    US $19.00

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I sometimes like to take a look at what people bought the week or two before to get an idea of where the demand is at the moment.  I try to keep up on what 70s trend is carrying the day, but there is simply too much stuff!

This past week saw a big rush of bids on a pair of vintage Adidas shoes.  The ebay listing was actually for Adidas France Tahiti shoes.  Those shoes went for over five hundred dollars.  One of the things I try to do if I can when I look at what is selling is remember what was up with that particular item back when it was actually in its prime.  For these shoes, I do actually remember owning a few similar pairs.  I can guarantee that my Mom didn't spend anything near five hundred bucks for them.  If I recall correctly, these actually sort of fell out of favor when other brands came along with the fancy white leather look.  All things Adidas seem to be popular right now as another Adidas item, two shirts also went for over five hundred.  One actually sold for 706 bucks.

For the past week, the biggest vintage 70s clothes seller was a Seven Arrows East West leather jacket.  It wasn't even really close to be honest.  A couple of people must have really wanted that old beauty.  Its final selling price... $3,250.

I kid you not when I say that might be worth more than all of the clothes I've worn so far this year put together!  It's a pretty cool coat though.

Put On Your 70 Style Clothing!

I think we should have a 70 style clothing day.  Think about it.  Kids in school do things like that to have fun and it is usually pretty amusing (even the older kids like it).  I know it sounds silly to have a 70's day, but it could be one in a series of special, one day theme holidays.

I don't even turn on the news anymore because all you hear is economic gloom and doom.  Declaring a 70 style clothing day could be a fun distraction and might actually stimulate the economy a bit as people looked for the old fashions in unorthodox places!  Wouldn't it be great to see the anchors on all of the nightly news shows donning 70's fashions?

We could make it really fun.  Politicians in every town could drive around with our tax break money and give a dollar to everyone dressed like a hippie or a disco queen on the special day!  President Obama said he wanted to "spread it around", didn't he?  Once you received your dollar, your hand would be stamped with a special seal and you could get a free chunk of government cheese or something.  Remember eating that in the 80's?  Good stuff.  Really.

Why stop at 70 Style Clothing Day though?  We could come up with new incentives (or just do it for fun) and have dress like an 80's Prep Day and then prepare for 90's Seattle Grunge Eve!

Maybe we could even have competitions between towns and cities.  Instead of having professional sports teams wear those ugly throwback uniforms, they could face off wearing bell bottom jeans and tie dyed t-shirts (just on the special day though; they get paid enough to dress decently).  I'm a Pirates fan, so what have I got to lose?

Personally, I think it would be kind of cool to see the dress up day for the early part of last century.  Everyone in the country walking around in vintage fashions would be pretty neat to see.  I always have a hard time imagining what the country looked like back then in color.  That must be a condition of growing up watching re-runs in black and white.  Even when I see the rare color film footage on the History channel, it freaks me out a bit.  The 1940's and earlier were in black and white as far as the pictures in my mind are concerned.  Why not raid the vintage stores and attics of the country and let us re-live our country's history a bit?

I apologize for this random bit of silliness.  Every once in a while, I drink too much coffee and my mind starts zipping around outside the box.  I think I'm OK now.  But I'd still like to see a day devoted to 70 Style Clothing.

70's Vintage Clothes

For whatever reason, 70's clothes have gained in popularity of late. Perhaps it is a longing for what seems to be a wilder, more carefree time that has people wanting to wear and buy vintage clothes. People might be wearing 70's clothing as a way to escape the complications of every day life when all you hear about is the terrible economy.

1970's clothes were a diverse mix as the decade progressed. The 1970's started with the sloppy hippie look and then moved on after the decade's mid point to a much different look with disco clothing. Disco clothing was of course very shimmery and daring. While anyone could get away with the sloppy seventies fashion (you just dressed like you were bumming around the house), not everyone could pull off disco fashion. Form fitting clothes made of unforgiving fabrics that would show every bulge really put the emphasis on the superficial. Women went to outrageous lengths to get Farrah Fawcett hair as if that would make the men stare at them the same way they stared at "the bathing suit poster."

I do not really know what has fueled the retro clothing surge. My guess would be that people hit a point of wanting something "different" in their lives. Dressing in hippie clothes is different. Slipping into a disco costume is different. The extent that people today will go about their normal routines in 70's clothing is not entirely clear. In the late 1970's the disco look actually made its way into the business world. A look back at the business styles of the day, particularly for women will show that what was acceptable then, might not quite fly today. Seventies clothing for professional women was often designed to make them look like they were ready to hit the dance floor at the drop of a hat. I don't think most professional women today could live with that. That isn't to say that a business woman of the 1970's was any less professional. It is more that the culture was more accepting (or at least use to seeing) of the disco fashions that were popular among so many.

There is also a false belief that everyone in the 1970's wore clothing that made them look like they were either ready to head back to Woodstock or dance the night away. Any veteran of 70s fashion would probably tell you that you could go back to the 70's era wearing jeans and a t-shirt with no danger of standing out. In the same way, the retro clothing we as a culture often think of as 60's clothes or 80's clothes don't entirely define an entire generation of people, it should not be thought that everyone woke up and dressed in a stereotypical 70's costume.

It sometimes seems, when looking back at retro clothing that the book ends of a decade's start and finish are often quite different. It should always be remembered that every person was still able to "do their own thing" however. There are many men who probably made it through the entire decade of the 70's without ever putting a silk shirt across their shoulders. Likewise, some women went for and kept "short and sassy" and never went for Farrah's feathered hair. There will always be those who follow the fashion trends more closely than the rest of the people. There will also always be people who completely ignore fashion sense and, instead, aim entirely for comfort. Some people will rebel and do the opposite of whatever is popular at the moment. It always will come down to the individual and what they can live with. I suppose my point is that there is no one set example of 70's clothes.